OBITUARIES:  Patrick E. DEMERS, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Patrick E. Demers

Obituary in August 1, 1990 Rice Lake Chronotype

 "Funeral services were Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Rice 
Lake for Patrick E. Demers, 63, of Rice Lake, who died Saturday at Lakeview 
Medical Center. Rev. James Powers officiated and burial followed in St. 
Joseph's Cemetery.  Military rites were accorded by the Rice Lake American 
Legion.

 Mr. Demers was born Nov. 17, 1926 in Rice Lake, where he received his 
education.  He was inducted into the Army in 1945, and went to work for 
the Lazy-A-Ranch in Rice Lake after his discharge.  He later took a 2-year 
short course in farming at Madison.  Mr. Demers then married Edith Ewald 
on March 27, 1950 in Rice Lake, and they moved to Illinois, where he worked 
as a farm laborer until 1956.  They then moved back to Rice Lake, where he 
worked for the Lazy-A-Ranch again.  In 1971, after attending vocational 
school in Rice Lake and receiving his degree in accounting, he went to work 
for Shadow Plastics in Rice Lake until his retirement in 1986.

 Mr. Demers was a member of Moose Lodge 402 in Rice Lake and held various 
offices, including secretary and governor of the lodge.  He also received 
his fellowship degree in the Loyal Order of the Moose.  Mr. Demers was also 
a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Knights 
of Columbus, and Elks Lodge 1441 of Rice Lake.  He also served as secretary 
of the bowling league in Rice Lake.

 He is survived by his wife, Edith; three sons, Richard of Leesburg, Va., 
and Daniel and Thomas, both of Rice Lake; five daughters, Barbara Ellingson 
of Bemidji, Minn., Peggy Thome, Ann Richter, and Sharon Clausen, all of 
Cameron, and Sandra Hildebrand of Agoura Hills, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; 
five brothers, Clarence, Donald, LeRoy, and Eugen "Joe" Demers, all of Rice 
Lake, and Elmer Demers of Indianapolis, Ind.; and by two sisters, Isabelle 
Bard of Duluth, Minn., and Leona Richter of Rice Lake."